Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Pectocarya platycarpa
Pectocarya platycarpa (Munz & I.M. Johnst.) Munz & I.M. Johnst.
Broadfruit Combseed, Broad Nutted Comb Bur
Boraginaceae (Borage Family)
USDA Symbol: PEPLUSDA Native Status: L48 (N)
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Specimen & Label Data
Pectocarya platycarpa
Pectocarya
Boraginaceae
Location: West side of Thousand Oaks St., 100 m S.E. of junction of El Sendoro St., and 5 m N.W. of parking lot of Public Library.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Rocky limestone ridge, thin soil, north fencing slope, full sun.
Description: Slender, annual herb, 23 cm tall. Stems ascending. Leaves linear. Flowers not seen. Mericarps in pairs, with pectinately lacerate margins.
County: Bexar
Collector: Sherry Whitmore
Collection Date: Nov 23, 1993
Specimen number: 1
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 1108
Accession Date: Feb 27, 1998
Accession Number: 102
Annotations: SXFRB (In fruit)